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Rampage
Member #3,035
December 2002
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I used to pronounce the names in games like they sound in Spanish, thinking 'heck, I won't get the English pronounciation right', and now I finf that not even native English speakers can get it right. -R |
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X-G
Member #856
December 2000
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If you want the right pronuncation of Aeris and Yuffie, pick up a copy of Kingdom Hearts - it has voiceovers (they are pronounced Air-is and Yoo-fie). I pronounce SQL ess-cue-ell, plain and simple. -- |
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Johan Halmén
Member #1,550
September 2001
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Skål! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Years of thorough research have revealed that what people find beautiful about the Mandelbrot set is not the set itself, but all the rest. |
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Richard Phipps
Member #1,632
November 2001
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Ok, Let's see about this Street Fighter list. Ryu (Rye-u) Balrog (Bal-rog)
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X-G
Member #856
December 2000
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Chun-li should be "chun-lee". Guile should be pronounced like the real word, heh. I don't know how you pronounce that. I've heard Roy-u for Ryu in some movie, I believe, but I wouldn't pronounce it like that myself. Oh, and Kingdom Hearts also has Tidus (Tee-dus) in it. -- |
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spellcaster
Member #1,493
September 2001
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Quote: As for Aeris, I would go with the latin pronunciation, Eye-rees. If you go for the latin pronunciation, a and e are two different sounds. As in aero. Quote: Ok, Let's see about this Street Fighter list.
I pronouce them as in the japanese version of the anime. That was too easy -- |
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Ultio
Member #1,336
April 2001
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I have a friend that pronounced Chocobo: Cookooboo. Cookoo as in cookoo clocks or "cookoo for cocoa puffs" and boo as in what a ghost says. I think you can figure it out. Bewildered the hell out of me the first time I heard him say it. --- |
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gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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Quote: As a joke, me and my brother pronounce Guile as GWEE-LEY. Its much funnier.
No no no, it's Chil-jä! -- |
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Ultio
Member #1,336
April 2001
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One horrible mispronunciation I'm guilty of was the character Ghaleon from Lunar: SSC. Apparently the first time his name appeared I read it so fast it looked like Ghaelon, so from that point on I pronounced it "Gay-lon" in my head (even though I noticed the proper spelling) up until the point where someone, in spoken dialogue, said his name. Gal-E-on. It's quite funny when things like that happen. --- |
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Oscar Giner
Member #2,207
April 2002
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I pronounce those names in Spanish. It's easy because Spanish has strict prounciation rules So for me it's a-e-ris, tee-fa, ze(as in pet)-a-lot. For Street Fighter names (stressed sylabe bolded): Ryu: Ree-u Balrog: Bal-rog -- |
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MiquelFire
Member #3,110
January 2003
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"I liked Oracle, but I didn't like the SQL" Figure out how to say that understand the joke and you get how I pronounce it. --- |
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Ron Ofir
Member #2,357
May 2002
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Quote: Figure out how to say that understand the joke and you get how I pronounce it. FAILURE: Sentence parsing error! Please rephrase. I would pronounce Guile as guy-l or maybe guy-lee and Aeris as air-is. Why do you guys have to make anything so complicated? English sucks! |
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Marcello
Member #1,860
January 2002
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Some people pronounce sql as sequel, it's incredibly weird imo. I just read the acronym rather than trying to pornounce it! Marcello |
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Richard Phipps
Member #1,632
November 2001
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Pornounce it? Something on your mind? |
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DanielH
Member #934
January 2001
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For being the most widely used language on the planet, English sucks arse. Other languages might have a few quirks, but not so much. Zealot - ( Zell - lot ) Now Tifa should never be mistaken. Tee fa. You would need another f to make it Tiff a |
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LSd016
Member #3,561
May 2003
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in poland Aeris is pronounced like aa-ae-rees, if that gives you the idea. ('ae' is not a soft vowel) ____________________________________________ |
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RallyMonkey
Member #4,615
May 2004
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My friend (okay, I wouldn't call him that. He was THE most annoying person I have ever met. But I have to thank him for getting me into Final Fantasy.) Used to pronounce Aries. Airy eyes. NOTICE: This post's grammar/spelling/puncuation is definitive. English is frequently inaccurate. |
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23yrold3yrold
Member #1,134
March 2001
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Quote: Now Tifa should never be mistaken. Tee fa. You would need another f to make it Tiff a
Thank you; right on another one! Looks like I have zealot and Tifa right, but goofed on Aeris. -- |
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Oscar Giner
Member #2,207
April 2002
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You pronounce ya-fee? That sounds plain awful -- |
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23yrold3yrold
Member #1,134
March 2001
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I pronounce "yuppie" as "YUP-pee" (aka the correct way). So it's kind of an informal compound word. Now sub f's for p's. -- |
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LSd016
Member #3,561
May 2003
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yoo-fee sounds best. i don't mind it being incorrect. ____________________________________________ |
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X-G
Member #856
December 2000
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Well, regardless, Yoo-fie is the official pronunciation. The Gods of Square say that it's Yoo-fie and Air-is, hence that's what it is. Not much room for alternative interpretations... -- |
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Johan Halmén
Member #1,550
September 2001
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How about Motörhead and Da Möb. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Years of thorough research have revealed that what people find beautiful about the Mandelbrot set is not the set itself, but all the rest. |
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gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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Pöyzen Böyzen! -- |
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Richard Phipps
Member #1,632
November 2001
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On another note, I always pronounce 'integers' as In-tea-gers. |
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This is how I pronounce them:
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I think it's dumb to pronounce Yuffie YOO-fee though. Considering how "yuppie" is pronounced ...
